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A US atrocity in Iran, briefly explained

It was a US strike that killed nearly 200 children on the first day of the Iran war, an investigation finds.

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Welcome to The Logoff: A US strike killed nearly 200 children on the first day of the Iran war, according to the preliminary findings of a US investigation into the deaths.

What’s going on? The findings are the product of an ongoing US military investigation into the strike, which hit a girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran.

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